Astra Imperio

what is it?

Astra Imperio is a tram produced by the Romanian company Astra Vagoane Călători in Arad. It is a 100% low-floor, designed in partnership with Siemens Mobility. The Imperio's design is based on the Avenio platform using electronic and traction equipment supplied by Siemens.

base stats

• weight 37 tin working order
• seats 165passengers

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 15 years ago, in 2011.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏27 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 165: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built

2011

number built

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kind

Low-floor tram

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

builders

Astra Arad, Astra Vagoane Călători

top speed

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power

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length

27 m

weight

37 t

capacity

165 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.